Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-11
A PIrTssURa MILLIONAIRE.
How MIR. Westinghouse is Spending
Some of His Millions.

George Westinghouse, the great inventor,
of Pittsburg, spends considerable of his time
at the Windsor. He Is q most remarkable
man, in whose name 1000 patents have been
issued. Besides creating some Of the greatest
Inventions of the age-among them the
famous railway air break-he is the first man
who made it safe to use natural gas. He Is
society leader, and the friend OF almost all
charitable schemes. Mr.. Westinghouse man
ufactUres his own patents, and has estao,lsn-
ments located in tue two continents winch
give employment to nearly 1000 men
He IS native OF SCHENECTADY, n
Y, where his father was manutac-
turer. His father was well to do, and
gave his son an education, he being Rradlt-
ate of Cornell College just previous TO the
war, in which he took part, at nrSt as an en-
gineer in the navy and afterward as mem
Der of a New York regiment. He went TO
Pittsburg at the close of the war, where ne
took out his first patent. HIS first great sue
cess, which rapidly made his fortune, was the
invention OF the air brake. There was such
an enormous demand for these all over the
world that he was obliged in Few years TO
locate works in London, In Paris ana In Ger,
many. He also invented railroad signal
| and switch. Since then he has invested
largely in the natural gas and In the elecIric
lights. ABOUT two years ago, for one OF MS
great inventions, he was knighted by the
| King of Belgium.
With all his millions, Mr.. Westinghouse is
New York lady. She was Miss MarSueritta
Estelle Walker, and they live in palace JUST
| outside Pittsburg called Solitude" but the
name is certainly misnomer, for 1t is famous
| for the hospitality Of its owners. Mrs. west
| inghouses Friday receptions are famous all
over the country and are attended by all the
leading people of Pittsburg, while her din
ners are the finest of any given IN
! Western Pennsylvania. Mrs. Westlng-
house Is almost as remarkable for her In
| tellectual qualities IS her husband. Wh1ie
! visiting at the Windsor, short time ago, sne
met an EngIshman and his wife whom she
| had known slightly in London. She asked
! them-to visit her in PIttsburg. They said II
was impossible on account of other important
| engagements. and they only had the day TO
| spare. She insisted; they accepted ana went
| to PiJtsburg on a special train. On arriving
| there they were astonished to find sumptu-
| GUS banquet already prepared for them. Mrs.
| Westinghouse had telegraphed her orders
| ahead. even to the engraving OF the menu.
Another story which illustrates the lady's
! character is about the death of fayorte
| horse. She was greatly attached to the ami
| NAL. and she was almost heartbroken When
| he died. She had his skin stuffed at great eX-
| pense, and it still stands in the stall, where
| the lady visits 1t nearly every day that she Is
| at home. But the most remarkable act OF
| charity and enterprise happened when ehe
visited London a few years ago. She heard
| that a young Pittsburg gentleman was very
| Ill in suburb. without succor or proper med
| ical attendance. She did not know him, but
| that did not prevent her pity from being eX-
cited, and she decided to have him brought to
London where he could receive proper atten-
ton. To do this she had a railroad built con-
Meeting his temporary residence with the
nearest railroad, and in a special car, he was
removed with the utmost tenderness. The
Young man was member of an old and
wealthy Pittsburg family, and was on tour
at the time he was oYertaken by illness.